Boxing

KARACHI: Twenty-one-year-old Abdul Wahab Kakar from Quetta aspires to be Pakistan’s first heavyweight Olympic gold medallist, as he sets sights on securing a berth at the Asian Games that will take place in September this year. Wahab is a geology student at the Balochistan University, but he admitted that he ...

The 35-year-old Canadian Stiverne knocked Arreola down twice in the sixth round. LOS ANGELES, – Bermane Stiverne claimed the vacant World Boxing Council heavyweight title, stopping Chris Arreola Saturday to become the first fighter in years not named Klitschko to grab a share of the heavyweight crown. The 35-year-old Canadian ...

Amnat Ruenroeng beat Kazuto Ioka to retain his International Boxing Federation flyweight title. OSAKA (AFP) – Thailand s unbeaten Amnat Ruenroeng defeated former world champion Kazuto Ioka with a 2-1 decision Wednesday to retain his International Boxing Federation flyweight title and deal the Japanese his first loss. Amnat — taking ...

Met team Collazo at the hospital after our fight. We both had a routine check up and here’s a picture of me with his team. Britain’s Amir Khan wins after knocking out U.S.A.’s Luis Collazo three times in a non-title bout in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday. Khan knocked out ...

British star Amir Khan won a unanimous decision over former champion Luis Collazo in his first fight after moving up to the welterweight division on Saturday. A unanimous decision, 119-104, 119-104, 117-106. My scorecard, for what it’s worth, was 118-107 to Khan. (Gareth’s scorecard – Khan 118 Collazo 107) Amir ...

Amir Khan marked his return to the ring with a convincing points win over Luis Collazo at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Khan, who was fighting for the first time in over a year, knocked down his experienced and durable opponent three times en route to a comfortable unanimous ...

“I fight everyone,” Khan says. “Collazo is a mixture of a boxer and a fighter. He is slick and he knows how to fight. I am a similar style so that is what is going to make this fight exciting.” Mayweather is six pounds lighter than in his last fight ...

There is no longer such a thing as a simple weigh-in when it comes to the night before a big fight in Las Vegas. The formalities were preceded by a rap concert starring somebody called 2 Chainz. But it was more like Mariachi in Mexico as fighters from south of ...